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William Napoli's avatar

Howard, following is an excerpt from your article - " I asked Jeremy Grummet, MD, Deputy Director of Urology at Alfred Health in Melbourne and an international leader in trying to stop transperineal biopsies and its risk of sepsis, ...." I believe you meant to state that Dr Grummet is trying to stop TRANSRECTAL (TR) biopsies. You provide a great service to prostate patients, and are also a leader in support of Transperineal Biopsies. I did not want the typo in your article to cause any confusion to casual readers of The Active Surveillor. Thank you.

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Howard Wolinsky's avatar

Thanks, William.

Someone else caught it.

I corrected it earlier and let Dr. Grummet know.

Thanks.

Howard

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Harley Myler's avatar

Time to amp up the genetic tests, the 'liquid biopsy'. LynxDX is showing promise. I was surprised that LynxDX doesn't require a 'vigorous DRE' like SelectDX. In fact, you can produce the sample (urine) at home and send it in.

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Bert Vorstman MD's avatar

Again - there's zero irrefutable and reproducible data that supports the claim that the testing for and treatment of localized prostate cancers saves significant numbers of lives.

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